In Greek mythology , Aegyptus or Ægyptus ( / ɪ ˈ dʒ ɪ p t ə s / ; Ancient Greek : Αἴγυπτος ) was a legendary king of ancient Egypt . He was a descendant of the princess Io through his father Belus , and of the river-god Nilus as both the father of Achiroe , his mother and as a great, great-grandfather on his father's side.
14-446: Aegyptos was the son of King Belus of Egypt and Achiroe , a naiad daughter of Nile , or of Sida , eponym of Sidon . He was the twin brother of Danaus , king of Libya while Euripides adds two others, Cepheus , king of Ethiopia and Phineus , betrothed of Andromeda . He may be the same or different from another Aegyptus who was called the son of Zeus and Thebe . Aegyptus fathered fifty sons by different women: six of whom by
28-452: A Greek deity is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Aegyptus In Greek mythology , Aegyptus or Ægyptus ( / ɪ ˈ dʒ ɪ p t ə s / ; Ancient Greek : Αἴγυπτος ) was a legendary king of ancient Egypt . He was a descendant of the princess Io through his father Belus , and of the river-god Nilus as both the father of Achiroe , his mother and as a great, great-grandfather on his father's side. Aegyptos
42-515: A woman of royal blood called Argyphia ; ten by an Arabian woman; seven by a Phoenician woman; three by Tyria ; twelve by the naiad Caliadne ; six by Gorgo and lastly another six by Hephaestine . According to Hippostratus , Aegyptus had these progeny by a single woman called Eurryroe , daughter of Nilus. In some accounts, Aegyptus consorted with Isaie while Danaus married Melia , these two women were daughters of their uncle Agenor , king of Tyre , and of their possible sister, Damno who
56-513: A woman of royal blood called Argyphia ; ten by an Arabian woman; seven by a Phoenician woman; three by Tyria ; twelve by the naiad Caliadne ; six by Gorgo and lastly another six by Hephaestine . According to Hippostratus , Aegyptus had these progeny by a single woman called Eurryroe , daughter of Nilus. In some accounts, Aegyptus consorted with Isaie while Danaus married Melia , these two women were daughters of their uncle Agenor , king of Tyre , and of their possible sister, Damno who
70-516: Is perhaps a mistake for Anchiroë, was in Greek mythology an Egyptian naiad , as daughter of the river-god Nilus . She was the wife of King Belus of Egypt, by whom she became the mother of Aegyptus and Danaus , and, according to some accounts, Cepheus , and Phineus . Otherwise, the possible mother of these children and spouse of Belus was called Side , eponym of Sidon in Phoenicia . Anchinoe
84-535: The Argives the pain of a battle; however, he instructed his daughters to kill their husbands on their wedding night. Forty-nine followed through, but one, Hypermnestra ("greatly wooed"), refused, because her husband, Lynceus the "lynx-man", honored her wish to remain a virgin. Danaus was angry with his disobedient daughter and threw her to the Argive courts. Aphrodite intervened and saved her. Lynceus and Hypermnestra founded
98-436: The Argives the pain of a battle; however, he instructed his daughters to kill their husbands on their wedding night. Forty-nine followed through, but one, Hypermnestra ("greatly wooed"), refused, because her husband, Lynceus the "lynx-man", honored her wish to remain a virgin. Danaus was angry with his disobedient daughter and threw her to the Argive courts. Aphrodite intervened and saved her. Lynceus and Hypermnestra founded
112-715: The lineage of Argive kings, a Danaid Dynasty . In some versions, Lynceus later slew Danaus as revenge for the death of his brothers, and the Danaïdes were punished in the underworld by being forced to carry water with a jug with holes, or a sieve, so that the water always leaked out. The story of Danaus and his daughters, and the reason for their flight from marriage, provided the theme of Aeschylus ' The Suppliants . Male Female Deity Achiroe Achiroë ( / ə ˈ k ɪ r oʊ i / ; Ancient Greek : Ἀχιρόη [akʰiróɛː] ), Anchirrhoë ( Ἀγχιρρόη ), or Anchinoë ( Ἀγχινόη ), which
126-461: The twin brothers at first in Argolis , whence Aegyptus was expelled and fled to the land that was named after him. In the more common version, Aegyptus commanded that his fifty sons marry the fifty Danaïdes , and Danaus with his daughters fled to Argos , ruled by Pelasgus or by Gelanor , whom Danaus replaced. When Aegyptus and his sons arrived to take the Danaïdes, Danaus relinquished them, to spare
140-410: The twin brothers at first in Argolis , whence Aegyptus was expelled and fled to the land that was named after him. In the more common version, Aegyptus commanded that his fifty sons marry the fifty Danaïdes , and Danaus with his daughters fled to Argos , ruled by Pelasgus or by Gelanor , whom Danaus replaced. When Aegyptus and his sons arrived to take the Danaïdes, Danaus relinquished them, to spare
154-450: Was a minor figure in Greek accounts and only mentioned by Apollodorus in his Bibliotheca : Male Female Deity [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Smith, William , ed. (1870). "Achiroe". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . This article relating to
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#1732844041418168-521: Was described as the daughter of Belus. Aegyptus ruled Arabia and conquered nearby country ruled by people called Melampodes/Melampods and called it by his name, Egypt. Aegyptus fathered fifty sons, who were all but one murdered by forty nine of the fifty daughters of Aegyptus' twin brother, Danaus , eponym of the Danaïdes . A scholium on a line in Euripides , Hecuba 886, reverses these origins, placing
182-419: Was described as the daughter of Belus. Aegyptus ruled Arabia and conquered nearby country ruled by people called Melampodes/Melampods and called it by his name, Egypt. Aegyptus fathered fifty sons, who were all but one murdered by forty nine of the fifty daughters of Aegyptus' twin brother, Danaus , eponym of the Danaïdes . A scholium on a line in Euripides , Hecuba 886, reverses these origins, placing
196-442: Was the son of King Belus of Egypt and Achiroe , a naiad daughter of Nile , or of Sida , eponym of Sidon . He was the twin brother of Danaus , king of Libya while Euripides adds two others, Cepheus , king of Ethiopia and Phineus , betrothed of Andromeda . He may be the same or different from another Aegyptus who was called the son of Zeus and Thebe . Aegyptus fathered fifty sons by different women: six of whom by
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